Improvement in gates



To all whom it may concern;

` thus formed; and i f v brought against it.

@wat 'dty'ljlm Joann.` CHAMBERS, orc WILLIAMsPoInx4 INDIANA.

Letters Patent No. 104,555, lated Jane. 21, v1870.

IMPRVEMENT IN GATES.

The Schedule referred 'to in theseLettrs Patent' and making part of the same Beit known that l, Jenn D. CHAMBERS, of Williamsport, in the county-ot' lVarren and vin the State of Indiana, have inventedeertain new and useful Improvments in` Gate; and do hereby `declare that the following is a full, clear, and ezact description thereof', reference being had to the accompanying drawing andnto the` letters of reference niarked thereon i making a part of this specification.

The nature of niy'invention consists,VV

First, in extending the top and bottom rails of the 'A gate back through the'rear cross-piece, so as to form' l i the eyes of the hinges with bolts o1" rivets vruiming Vthrough them at right` angles with said eyes, to prevent splitting and wearing of the ,eyes of the hinges Second, in placing the "horizontal slats of the gate with their dat sides down,soas to secure greater lateral strength, and jbetter adapting the gate to resistthe action oft-he wind `or `any force that may be In: order to enableothersiskilled'in the art to which my invention appertains to' make and use `the same, I will now proceed to describe its construction and opieration, referring to the annexed drawing, in which- Figure@ is a perspective view ofthe gate, and

Eigures 2 and 3 are sections of the hinges.

A A represent vertical cross-pieces or bars, through which are passed the horizontal slats .B B, These slats are placed with their` flat` sides down, 'as shownI in iig-.1, presenting'lthei'r edges only 'to thefsides of l. the gate, so that `the wind will not have so much surface tg act against, making the gate more capable of resisting the .action of the wind, or of any force that may be brought against it, it possessing a greater lateral strength.

'.lhrough the upper and lower ends of' the bars A are placed rails C C, rn'nning parallelwith the slats The bolt in the top rail is vimmediatelybehind the eye or hole,- while in the lower rail it is immediately in front, so that these bolts will receive'the pressure p from the hooks D D. v The gate thus constructed may be braced in any suitable manner. c l

Having thus fully described lmy invention, y What I'claiin as new, and desire to secure byLctters Patent, isi The combination of the slotted uprights A A, edgewise-placed rails B B, held in. place by the oblique braces and the top and bottom square rails O G, with the, L-shaped hooks D D, and crosswisc rivets a, all as set forth.. A 1 In testimony that I- claim the foregoing, I have hereunto set my hand this 6th day of April, 1870.

' JOHN DAVID CHAMBERS. Witnesses :l RICHARD CLArrooL, H. M. BILLiNGs. 

